Zouk @ Midvalley

Celebrating The eve of Merdeka with Tiger beer, spaghetti ala marinara and deep fried spicy squid heads. All three were pretty good!

We ordered Zouk's Sandwich at first, but the waiter came back and told us all their bread expired..... Lol

Chocolate cake

Cakes are so sinful. I will make them, but I would not really eat them. I made a chocolate cake today.

The right one

To know that you have found the right boyfriend, you are supposed to notice that he is always committed to you, he appreciates and loves you the way you are, he's always there for you amd also, he is to make youe feel special like his queen.

Teochew-ness

Being teochew, I love teochew food! No, I do not know the language. But, the food, YES!

My all time favourite is teochew porridge with lou ngap. Can never say no whenever there is duck served.

Today I made 'oh nee'. I made the halal version, meaning no fatty pig oil. I replaced it with olive oil. Oh nee is a teochew delicacy, some cook it with roasted pork. Some places make it too sweet. Can also add ginkgo in it. It can be easily found in the food courts in Singapore.... (duck also nicer in Singapore ;p)

Hiking

I was invited to go hiking at Gunung Nuang on this friday (Merdeka Holiday).... Ar first I agreed to go.

But then...

I read blog reviews that it was a 12 hour hike and there were plenty of leeches....

So, I chickened out.
As much as I want to hike, I have never hiked before in my life. I am telling myself I should not be too adventurous. The Gunung Nuang hike was a prep for them before hiking Gunung Kinabalu in September. Sooo nice!! I want, but can't.

Start small aye.. Bukit Tabur hike on Monday will test my stamina.

Maybe I should walk up and down my hill ten times and see how breathless I get as a test.

Plan B, Midvalley

I have tried the food in Plan B twice. Not too bad. It was 50% off at that time, so everything was worth it. I am not sure if the offer is still ongoing.

The first meal I had was Smoked Salmon Sandwich. The normal price was rm20 meaning after 50% discount it cost rm10. Very worth it given the generous amount of smoked salmon in my sandwich. The sandwich came with a side of lettuce and thinly sliced deep fried sweet potatoes and yam.

The second time round I tried their lamb sausage puff. The sausage was good, but I could not really taste the lamb flavour. I was told to try their pies, which were good.

Free flow of water given in a lab looking bottle.

my Burger Lab, Taman SEA (Sea Park)

Also read: my Burger Lab (First experience)

My burger experience rankings. Click on links to read more:

First place: Kaw Kaw Burger, Puchong Utama

Second place: Abang Burn Burger Bakar, Taman Dagang

Third Place: My Burger Lab, Taman SEA

Fourth Place: Mc Donald's Samurai Burger

Fifth Place: German Deli, Ampang Jaya

Sixth place: Chilli's Cheeseburger, KLCC/Midvalley

If you have not tried Burger Lab, you should! It is after all one of the best burgers found in KL and its freshly made. The burger's bun is also fantastic and no other burger buns can beat Burger Labs ones.

The downside to this place was location. Very limited parking spaces. You need to know how to side park la. I live in ampang, so Taman SEA isn't actually nearby.... I won't even go to that unfamiliar area if I didnt have someone else driving me there.

Uhm there was another downside. The shop is small. Limited seats. And just like waiting for Abang Burn's burger bakar, I do not recommend you to wear pretty clothes or go anywhere else after a visit to Burger Lab because your hair and clothes will stink. Their kitchen is open concept... Need better ventilation in my opinion.

By 5.30pm, the place was packed. The queue was so long. There were people everywhere. It was claustrophobic!!! There was also a sign outside the main door telling customers the waiting time
Was 30-45minutes.

We arrived at 5.10pm. Still had a decent place to sit. The wait was not too long. Maybe because we were playing a word game called Snatch.

Burgers came. Free flow of soda. Fries came. Very satisfying but did not really feel full enough xD

I had the 'say cheese burger' which was just cheeseburger. My bro has something burger with peanut butter which he found amazing. And i dont b the other burger since I wasnt the one
Placing the orders and the burger pics all look similar.

Its always best to go to Burger Lab with a friend or two. Advantages of going with friends:
1. If cannot find parking at least one person can go down and queue up first to order.
2. If one person dont know how to side park, maybe the other friend knows how to.
3. While you order, your other friend can go and save a seat for you.
4. The burgers can sometimes take awhile, so better to have someone to talk to or play games with while waiting. We brought this word game called Snatch to pass our time :)

Opening hours: 5pm till 10.30pm (tue - sunday)

Take note

Don't marry a man unless you are proud to have a son exactly like him

Gloomy

I need plenty of distractions at this moment.

Mark it

Today marks the day.
The day I finally gave up on something.
Something that took a lot of hard work.
I was hoping a lot.
I enjoyed it and disliked it.

Sometimes, maybe, horoscopes are true ...

Kickboxing

Being a beginner kickboxer feels like a person dancing with two left feet. A good sport to sweat though. I am already dripping puddles after 30minutes o kickboxing :) Whats even better is that I can sweat it out at home, thanks to Youtube ...;)

The best break-up advice

If i ever consider breaking up, I know who to watch to make me feel better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttJWWUvXPw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And then his hillarious video about 'why u do not need a boyfriend to make you feel happy'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFpZRDYha4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fangs

I've got fangs... Due to too much grinding.

I love reading my previous blog posts. Brings back memories I have forgotten.

Creme brule ice cream

A night out to Petronas for something sweet and cold.

Food and Tea Reetaurant, Festival City (second visit)

I take back what I raved about when i wrote about this restaurant previously (http://soblog-able.blogspot.com/2012/08/food-and-tea-restaurant-festival-city-kl.html).
The reason being, I made a second visit to this restaurant and I was dissapointed with the food. Previously I was there for a late night dinner, so the restaurant was empty. Today the restaurant was quite packed during lunch and the food was not impressive.

Kudos to the photographer who made the pictures of the food in the menu look like big portions and very appetizing. Sadly, the food served did not look like the food we saw on the menu! The portion was even smaller.

Today my family and I had their pork burger, pork meatballs, some chicken lunch set, sang har yee mee, and fried mantao with crabmeat sauce.

The fried mantaos were small.
The prawns for the sang har mee was not cooked enough. Blur waiters didnt know what to do.
Pork burger patty did not look like the one in the menu at all.
Lunch set was unsatisfyingly small.
Pork meatballs were ok.

With all that food, we finished and left the restaurant still feeling hungry! No good....

Food and Tea Restaurant, Festival City KL

I think previously I raved about Ka Fei Dian's assam laksa. But, then their assam laksa's standard started dropping the next few times I patronised Ka Fei Dian. One time they did not serve fish with my assam
Laksa and when I asked the manager where is the fish, all she said was, "Oh, the fish has not arrived.." I was definitely shocked till speechless because The main reason assam laksa was RM10 was because of the fish. Fishless assam laksa should be RM2 because it will just be noodles with laksa soup! There was also another time when their assam laksa soup was still cold when they served.....

Anyway, those incidence were obvious reasons why Ka Fei Dian no longer exist in Festival City after less than a year of opening. Now, it is being replaced with Food and Tea Restaurant. It is a non-halal restaurant because they serve pork burgers, pork minced meat porridge and other porky food. This restaurant has other branches at Aeon Cheras Selatan, Berjaya times square, one in Kuantan and two more locations.

After watching Step Up Revolution with tf, I was hungry and I have always wanted to try this restaurant. I had the look at their banner and the food was decently priced, so we gave it a try.

I had the Sang Har Mee (RM11.80) while TF had the pork porridge with century egg. Both dishes were really good actually. The big prawns tasted really good and it had the yummy egg in the head part. The sauce for the noodle was satisfying enough. As for the porridge, they did give a generous portion of pork and century eggs.

Of course, given that there is no promise that they would maintain their standard and quality of food since the mall does not really have the crowd, I do hope they do not drop like Ka Fei Dian. So, I would make another visit there again to try other stuff such as their pork burger (maybe asap).

Step Up the movie had some really good dance moves :) butthestorylinewasblah

Miranda Kerr

Malaysia Promotions

Currently there are so many ongoing promotions, especially food promotions! I have compiled a few promotions that looked too good to miss out. I skipped the Baskin Robbins free ice cream giveaway because the queue, as expected, was too long.

There is also the buy 1 free 1 movie ticket at GSC when we purchase using mastercard. Because of this, I suddenly love my debit card.. :)

Nasi Goreng Meletup at Murni's USJ

This nasi goreng was so good due to the generous amount of cili padi. Cili padi is always a must with fried rice. I at it one hour ago and I can feel my stomach burning..